a snake; _e.g._ Slagenhorst (snake thicket); Schlangenbad (snake bath). [Sidenote: SCHLEUSE (Ger.), SLUYS (Dutch), ECLUSE (Fr.),] a sluice; _e.g._ Rhinschleuse (the sluice of the Rhine); Sluys, in Holland; and Slooten, also a town in Holland, on a lake of the same name (from _sloot_, a ditch); Sluispolder (the reclaimed land at the sluice); Schlusseburg, in Russia (the fortress at the sluice), built on an island at the spot where the R. Neva issues from Lake Ladoga; Helvoetsluis (the sluice on the Haring-vliet, an arm of the R. Maas); Fort de l’Ecluse (the fortress of the sluice), in France. [Sidenote: SCHLOSS (Ger.),] a castle; _e.g._ Marienschloss (the castle of the Virgin Mary); Heidenschloss (the castle on the heath); Schlossmühle (castle mill); Schlosshof (the castle court). [Sidenote: SCHMAL (Ger.), SMAA (Scand.),] little; _e.g._ Schmalkalden, anc. _Schmalenaha_ (the town on the small stream); Smalley, with the same meaning; Smaalehlen (the small fief), in Norway; Smallburgh (little town); Schmallenberg (little hill); Smailholm (little hill), a parish in Roxburghshire. [Sidenote: SCHMEIDE (Ger.),] a smithy; _e.g._ Nagelschmeide (the nail smithy); Schmeidefeld and Schmeidsiedel (the field and site of the smithy); Schmeideberg (the hill of the smithy). [Sidenote: SCHWAIG (Old Ger.), SCHWEIG,] a cattle-shed; _e.g._ Herrnschweige (the count’s cattle-shed); Brunswick, anc. _Braunsweig_ (Bruno’s shed, or the town of Bruno). [Sidenote: SCHWAND (Ger.),] a wood clearing; _e.g._ Schwand or Schwandt, in Bavaria; Schwanden, in Switzerland; Schwandorf (the village at the wood clearing). [Sidenote: SCHWARZ (Ger.),] black; _e.g._ Schwarza, Schwarzach, Schwarzbach, Schwarzwasser (black stream); Schwarzburg (black fortress); Schwarzberg (black mountain); Schwarzwald (black wood); Schwarzkreutz (the black cross). [Sidenote: SCHWERE (Sclav.),] a wild beast; _e.g._ Schwerin and Schwerinlake, in Mecklenburg; and Schwersentz, in Posen (places infested by wild beasts). [Sidenote: SCIR (A.S.), SCER,] clear, bright; _e.g._ Sherbourne (the clear stream); but this word is sometimes used instead of _scyre_, a division or shire, as in Sherwood (the wood where the shire meetings were held); Sherston (shire boundary stone); Shardlow and Shardhill (the boundary hill); Sharnford (the boundary ford); Sharrington (the town of the children of the shire or division). [Sidenote: SEANN (Gadhelic),] old; _e.g._ Shanmullagh (the old summit); Shandrum (the old ridge); Shangarry (the old garden); Shanbally and Shanvally (the old dwelling); Shanbo, Shanboe, and Shanbogh (the old hut), in Ireland; also Shankill (old church), and Shandon, Irish _Seandun_ (old fort). There are several places in Ireland called Shannon from this word, but it is uncertain what is the origin of the R. Shannon, whose ancient name was _Senos_; Sanquhar, Gael. _Seann-Cathair_ (the old fortress), in Dumfriesshire, named from an old castle near the town.